(Fwd) Virus inquiry

[Ed Rybicki]

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Anyone able to help here?  If 
so, please respond direct to the e-mail address given.
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**14. CORONA VIRUSES - FREELANCER (Germany). I am a freelance
science writer working for about 10 newspapers and journals in
Germany, Austria and Switzerland. I'd like to describe the
research done so far with the corona retrovirus group. I found
some information about FIP (feline infectious peritonitis) in the
Time Warner Forum in CompuServe but not enough to understand the
actual problems. I'd like to know: Which research team at which
university or industry lab is working on corona viruses ? Who can
give me an insight in the problems today ? Which immunological
tests are available today ? How reliable are they for which type
of corona virus ? What is known about the corona virus genom and 
- as for antibody development - about specific membrane proteins 
? If possible, I'd like to have information in about 2 - 3 weeks.
>>>Arno Noeldechen E-mail: 100411.1301 at compuserve.com  
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